Got my Radiator Guards, but...........

Bill

I bought the rad guards from Thumper and it appears that the air viens have to come off the radiator. It'll be very muddy here in PA (as soon as it thaws ) and I was considering sheet metal screwing the viens to the outside of the guards and grinding off the extra threads on the rad side of the guard.

Or will the guards be enough to keep the radiators from packing with mud?

Chris_C

Bill,
I have the Devol guards on my '00 WR400. Although they may not be as strong as the Thumper guards, I believe they are about the same dimensions - just thicker Al.

I do get roosted occasionally and was worried about mud and tiny rocks getting through the grating. Therefore, I trimmed the leading and trailing edges of all the plastic fins and drastically cut the outside fin. This allowed me to fit the plastic guards in their normal position and mount the Al guards around them. It does make it a little more difficult to mount the Al guards, but I feel that the added protection is worth it.

I just figured that if I was going to discard the plastic guards anyway, it wouldn't hurt to trim them to see if I could get them to work with the Al guards. Try it, you might like it.